State

The Educational Theatre Association’s network of
state-based organizations provides the foundation for strong advocacy
through the coordinated efforts of our state chapter directors and
individual chapter leadership.

AEP provides information and communication about current arts education policies and issues at the national, state, and local level. Among their resources is a searchable state arts education policy database that tracks the latest information on state policies that support learning and teaching in the arts.

KCAAEN is a coalition of thirty-three state-wide non-profit alliances working in partnership with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to support policies, practices, and partnerships working to ensure that the arts are part of American K-12 education.

The Council of Chief State School Officers is nationwide, non-profit organization of state school superintendents who head state departments of elementary, middle, and secondary education throughout the country.

The National Conference of State Legislatures is a bipartisan organization that serves the legislators and staffs of the nation’s fifty states. You can find out who your senators and representatives are and their contact information and what bills are pending in your state legislature.